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Is There a Draft In Here?

9 May, 2008 (08:04) | Misc, Silly, Sports | 1 comment

YES
Zach Feinstein declares for the NBA draft. It’s free. The deadline for “early entry” declarations is 60 days prior to the draft (which is June 26), so if anyone desires to go this route, it’s too late for this year. (One has to wonder if it will remain free once [...]

Celebrate! Celebrate!

8 May, 2008 (03:47) | Silly, Sports | No comments

Dance Boff to the muuuusic.
It’s May 8th, which is National Outdoor Fornication Day.
Don’t listen to any of the schism-mongers who tell you it’s May 1st. I know there are those lyrics that might suggest otherwise

Mini-Hoops

7 May, 2008 (17:30) | Physics, Sports | No comments

Over at Popsci, the physics of tossing a ping-pong ball into a beer cup, with videos of, well, tossing a ping-pong ball into a beer cup, under various conditions you’d find in a dorm (starting with the unlikely presence of beer cups).
These guys are pretty amazing. And the nonchalance with which they accomplish each trick [...]

Odd Odds

5 May, 2008 (05:39) | Humor, Sports | 1 comment

I have an odd sense of humor, bordering on the macabre. OK, it’s pretty much an open border and I visit there often, because I don’t need a passport.
I read the results of the Kentucky Derby and the unfortunate news of Eight Belles. But because I don’t really follow horse racing much and [...]

Sportsmanship

3 May, 2008 (08:58) | Sports | No comments

OK, it’s technically sportswomanship.
Pop quiz, hotshot: What do you do when a senior who has hit the only home run of her career gets injured — she was so excited she missed first base, and when she turned to tag it, messes up her knee to the point she can’t complete the circuit?
Umpires confirmed [...]

Taking One For The Team

24 April, 2008 (03:50) | Physics, Sports | 1 comment

The Cup Stops Here
Former MLB player Mark Littel puts his balls on the line provides empirical data in a kinematics experiment to demonstrate the effectiveness of a cup.
Cinematic commentary: Neither the acting nor the dialogue are as good as in the classic “George C. Scott hit in the groin with a football”
You won’t hear [...]

Things I Don’t Understand, part MCDLXVII

14 February, 2008 (12:49) | Sports | No comments

Why does Arlen Specter care that Bill Belichick has been taping since 2000? He’s all upset that the NFL destroyed tapes, but as far as I can tell, it was the existence of the tapes, not their content, that was the problem. Belichick and the Pats were found guilty and penalized. Why [...]

18-1

4 February, 2008 (08:24) | Sports | No comments

Oh, yeah, that’s right. Hype doesn’t suit up and play.
A shame they couldn’t give the MVP to the Giants D-line.

Doo Wop

3 February, 2008 (17:43) | Food, Other science, Sports | 1 comment

Dip, dip, dip, dip, dipping ethics for that superbowl party. (Sorry for the late notice) Or just file it away for the next party you go to.
Buffalo Hot Wing Dip
2 @8 oz. packages of softened cream cheese (i.e. 16 oz.)
1 cup chunky blue cheese dressing
1 [...]

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